Posted on 11/16/2005 4:05:35 AM PST by Dog
DAMASCUS, Nov 15 (KUNA) -- A Gulf Air passenger plane took off to Manama safely from Damascus International Airport on Tuesday after the flight was delayed due to location of a gun in a bag, a Bahraini diplomatic source said.
The source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the flight was delayed after the Syrian authorities detained seven Iraqi women who tried to board the plane with a gun concealed in one of their bags.
Preliminary interrogations revealed that a man, who did not show up at the air facility, was expected to accompany them on the flight. The women and the suspicious male carried Australian passports.
The gun was laden into a toy in one of the bags of the women.
Earlier reports indicated at arrest of a man who tried to fly aboard the plane with the concealed gun. (end) am.
rk
Fyi..
Profile and search every single one of these people, everywhere we can, period.
Anytime, all the time.
Perhaps they'll put panties on her head and she'll tell them what she was planning. Or some real torture
If they had a strip search, they may have found the missing man.
hmmm........
Geez, how un-PC of Syria! In the good ol' USA we have put a stop to searching more than 4 ME'ers so these poor women could have boarded without a fuss.
I have heard the ridiculous argument that if we profile them, they will just disguise themselves.
Crikey! I wonder if the passports were authentic? If so, do the Aussies give passports to anyone?
"Syrian authorities detained seven Iraqi women who tried to board the plane with a gun concealed in one of their bags."
YIKES!
Mrs. Bombers sisters?
Bastards!
Where the Iraqi women all christians?
Good question. Did the Syrians profile Chaldeans? If so, were they set up?
Good one!
The man was probably watching from a safe distance to see if the women managed to get on the plane with the gun. If so, he probably would have stepped up, boarded the plane, and hijacked it.
I'm in total agreement. I'm tired of my family being singled out to be searched...us, obviously *not* Muslim. I want profiling to take place!
ping
What do you think of this one?
"To ensure that we Americans never offend anyone -- particularly fanatics intent on killing us -- airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor-winning former Governors.
Let's pause a moment and take the following test:
In 1972, at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
(a) Olga Corbutt
(b) Sitting Bull
(c) Arnold Schwarzenneger
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
(a) Lost Norwegians
(b) Elvis
(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
During the 1980's, a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
(a) John Dillinger
(b) The King of Sweden
(c) The Boy Scouts
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
(a) A pizza delivery boy
(b) Pee Wee Herman
(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked, and a 70-year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard by:
(a) The Smurfs
(b) Davy Jones
(c) The Little Mermaid
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1985, TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens and a U.S. Navy diver was murdered by:
(a) Captain Kid
(b) Charles Lindbergh
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
(a) Scooby Doo
(b) The Tooth Fairy
(c) Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid who had a few sticks of dynamite left over from the train job.
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
(a) Richard Simmons
(b) Grandma Moses
(c) Michael Jordan
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
(a) Mr. Rogers
(b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
(c) The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain: "Mustapha the Merciless"
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed and thousands of people were killed by:
(a) Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd
(b) The Supreme Court of Florida
(c) Mr. Bean
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
In 2002, the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
(a) Enron
(b) The Lutheran Church
(c) The NFL
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
In 2002, reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
(a) Bonny and Clyde
(b) Captain Kangaroo
(c) Billy Graham
(d) Muslim males between the ages of 17 and 40
Hmmm . . . nope, no patterns anywhere to justify profiling..."
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